Exploration of the Americas

22 flashcards · History · by Logan Pollack

1. Causes for the Exploration of the Americas

   Traders want new & better trade routes Explorers search for riches, adventure and glory Spain wants to spread Christianity Increase knowledge sparks curiosity - about the world

2. Effects of the Exploration of the Americas

   European settlements are founded Trade and mercantilism grows European countries compete for colonies Conflicts with Native Americans develop Slavery is introduced Three cultures clashed

3. Reasons for Columbus's journey:

   Gold God Glory

4. Impact of the Exploration of the Americas on Native Americans

   Colonization Slavery Disease →\rarr→ devastates Native Americans

5. Impact on Africans

   New slave labor force

6. Impact on Europeans

   Got very wealthy

7. House of Burgesses

   First representative body in America Elected officials that made decisions for the colony Had the power to raise taxes and pass laws

8. Jamestown

   Founded by John Smith in 1607 searching for gold

9. Separatists

   wanted to separate (break away) from the church of England (called themselves Pilgrims)

10. Puritans

    believed in direct personal relationship with god through faith prayer and bible study.

11. Plymouth Colony

    second English colony in America

12. Mayflower Compact

    Representative Government

13. Quakers

    pacifists "holy experiment" - guaranteed male settlers 50 acres of land and the right to vote

14. Philadelphia

    city of brotherly love

15. Mercantilism

    Selling more than buying

16. What where the Navigation Acts?

    Laws restricting colonial trade

17. List all the Navigation Acts

    No country could trade with colonies unless the goods were shipped in colonial & British ships All vessels had to be operated by a crew that was at least 3/4s British or Colonial The colonies could export certain products only to Great Britain Goods must pass through and English post

18. Salutary Neglect

    England loosened restrictions in return they wanted economic loyalty

19. Proclamation of 1763

    Forbid colonists from settling west of Appalachian Mountain

20. Sugar Act

    cut taxes on foreign made molasses

21. The French & Indian War Native Americans fighting on the what side? both France vs. British France was fighting for the Ohio River Valley The British won

22. Treaty of Paris (1763) France gave up Canada and all of North America east of the Mississippi to Great Britain Great Britain got Florida from Spain Spain received land west of the Mississippi called the Louisiana Territory